Facts about UWG Students
Enrollment
9,230 Undergraduates
1,022 Graduate Students
84.8% of undergraduate students are full-time students.
23.1% of graduate students are full-time students.
22.6 - average age of all undergraduate students
21 - average age of full-time undergraduate students
86% of undergraduates are under age 25.
35.7 - average age of graduate students
26.3% of students are from Metro Atlanta. (Cobb, Clayton, Dekalb, Fulton, & Gwinnett Counties)
14.3% of students are from Carroll County.
9.6% of students are from Coweta County.
9.1% of students are from Douglas County.
37.5% of students are from 122 other Georgia counties.
2.3% of students are from 38 other states.
1.2% of students are from 51 other countries.
28% of undergraduates live on campus.
68% of new freshmen live on campus.
30-35% of undergraduates live in off-campus student housing.
30-35% of undergraduates live at home with families.
59% of undergraduate applicants to UWG were accepted.
54% of new freshmen received the HOPE scholarship.
508 - average SAT Critical Reading (Verbal) Score of entering freshmen
501 - average SAT Math Score of entering freshmen
484 – average SAT Writing Score of entering freshmen
2.99 – average high school GPA of entering freshmen
62.9% are female
37.1% are male
65.4% are Caucasian/White
25.2% are African American
1.7% are Asian or Pacific Islander
2.3% are Multiracial
2.4% are Hispanic
0.3% are American Indian or Alaskan Native
Information above based on Fall 2008 students. More detailed information about UWG students is in the Fact Book, produced by the Office of Institutional Research & Planning (http://www.westga.edu/~irp/)